(RNS) — On Tuesday (April 18), the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in this year’s big religion case, about an attempt to get the court to expand employers’ legal obligation to accommodate the religious needs of their employees. The case, Groff v. DeJoy, concerns Gerald Groff, an evangelical Christian mail […]
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(The Conversation) — U.S. courts have long wrestled with the extent to which government funding can be used at private religious schools. School-choice advocates have won key cases at the Supreme Court in recent years, opening up more ways for public dollars to support faith-based education. But Oklahoma pushed the […]
Ahead of the Trend • North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Michigan saw drops in total religious adherents of at least 10%. Some Idaho counties became more religious. (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Father Martin Diaz, pastor of Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, celebrates […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Catholics remain the largest religious group among Latinos in the United States, but the number of Latinos who identify as religiously unaffiliated continues to grow. Those are among the key findings in a comprehensive report released Thursday by the Pew Research Center that surveyed 7,647 U.S. […]
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Television news outlets reported on Tuesday (April 11) that a suspect was arrested in connection with an act of vandalism at a mosque in Los Angeles’ Koreatown. News of the arrest comes a day after LA law enforcement and interfaith leaders came together at a news conference […]
(RNS) — Tomorrow, all close to the environment, associates of the Church of Jesus Christ will not have Sunday University, Aid Modern society or priesthood meetings. Youngsters and youth will not satisfy in the 2nd hour of church. In truth, there will be no 2nd hour of church, due to […]